This is a list of railway towns in the United States listed by state. The United States has a high concentration of railway towns, communities that developed and/or were built around a railway system. Railway towns are particularly abundant in the midwest and western states, and the railroad has been credited as a major force in the economic and geographic development of the country. Historians credit the railroad system for the country's vast development in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, as well as having helped facilitate a "unified" nation.
Alabama
Birmingham
Alaska
Fairbanks
Seward
Arizona
Benson
Williams
California
Colorado
Antonito
Denver
Durango
Pueblo
Georgia
Atlanta (est. as Terminus)
Idaho
Pcatello, Idaho
Avery
Burke
Nampa
Wallace
Illinois
Centralia
Champaign
Chicago
West Chicago
Rochelle
Iowa
Ames
Kansas
Dodge City
Kentucky
Midway
Maryland
Baltimore
Brunswick
Cumberland
Hagerstown
Missouri
Kansas City
St. Louis
Montana
Billings
Dillon
Laurel
Livingston
Nebraska
North Platte
Omaha
Nevada
Carson City
Las Vegas
Virginia City
New Hampshire
Woodsville
New Mexico
Albuquerque
Chama
New York
Albany
New York City
North Carolina
Apex
Durham
Ellenboro
Goldsboro
High Point
Morehead City
Weldon
North Dakota
Barton
Enderlin
Oklahoma
Guthrie
Stillwater
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Altoona
Pittsburgh
Scranton
Tennessee
Chattanooga
Etowah
Nashville
Texas
Port Arthur
Wills Point
Elgin, Texas
College Station, Texas
Utah
Helper
Salt Lake City
Vermont
Island Pond
White River Junction
Wells River
Virginia
Clifton Forge, home to Chesapeake & Ohio (C&O) shops. Roanoke, home to shops and locomotive works of the Norfolk & Western (N&W). Victoria, home to the Virginian Railway (VGN) shops.
Washington (state) Kalama Lester Melmont Spokane Tacoma